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| THE HOUSE ON BLUEBERRY LANE – Brenda Jackson Catalina Cove, Louisiana – Present Day After a failed romance with a man who made it clear that he didn’t do marriage, Velvet Spencer moved to Catalina Cove, where she teaches and has built a new life. Much to her surprise, the man who she left behind in Phoenix, Jaye Colfax, is now in town to open a bank—and he’s living upstairs in the other duplex where she lives. Velvet is aware that she can’t avoid Jaye, but she hopes to make it clear to him that she has no plans to just hop back into bed with him. Yet, the sexual attraction is too hard to ignore. After battling with herself, Velvet decides that she can do a fling with Jaye to scratch the itch. After all, he’s only in town for six months. The thing is, Jaye is in Catalina Cove because he realized soon after she left him that she was “the one.” Though he is still leery of marriage, he hopes that he can build on a relationship with her that leads to a trip down the aisle. She makes it clear that she is still stinging from his rebuffing her in Phoenix after she indicated she wanted more than to be his bed buddy. Jaye’s plan is to woo Velvet and convince her that he’s changed. Will it work? There’s a lot of dancing around each other by Velvet and Jaye in THE HOUSE ON BLUEBERRY LANE, a return to Catalina Cove by Brenda Jackson. Their affair in Phoenix was a sizzler, but it sputtered out when Velvet realized it was going nowhere. Jaye and his brothers had been abandoned by their unfaithful mother when they were children and it soured him on marriage. Velvet exited Jaye’s life and he began to realize how much he missed her. She hadn’t told him where she’d gone but a hired PI quickly located her in the remote little town on the Louisiana coast. Now all he needed was an excuse to be there, and it comes up when his family’s company acquires a bank in Catalina Cove. And things get even better when Jaye rents the duplex above Velvet’s. However, things won’t be easy for him to land her again. Velvet is a wealthy heiress who has blended into the background of the company left to her upon her parents’ untimely deaths. Instead, she does what she loves doing, being a teacher. As a side story in THE HOUSE ON BLUEBERRY LANE, she is dealing with a student who thinks math is not needed to pass his grade because he plans to be a baseball player. It doesn’t help that the boy’s dad feels the same way and they butt heads. Everything comes together by the end of the tale. Velvet resists Jaye at first, but soon they’re hitting the sheets. But she convinces herself that she will only have an affair with him until he leaves again. I haven’t read the prior five books in the Catalina Cove series, but I had no trouble following THE HOUSE ON BLUEBERRY LANE and the minor characters that are part of the series. Velvet is beloved by all, and Jaye is soon welcomed with open arms by the people of the town. Readers will enjoy this warm-hearted tale that has plenty of sensuality to satisfy romance readers looking for heat. Be sure to not miss this enjoyable tale. Patti Fischer |
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